GUYANA – Robber shot dead by victim

GEORGETOWN –– A faulty firearm cost a bandit his life early yesterday when he tried to rob two siblings at Second Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, in the vicinity of Club Monaco.

Isaiah Lennox Marques

Isaiah Lennox Marques, 21, of Lot 346 “C” Field Sophia, was shot dead by his victim, a security guard, around 2 a.m.

He was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he sustained a gunshot wound to the head.

The police said that the victim, who is attached to a private security company, and his sister were walking along Second Street, Campbellville, when they were held up by a man armed with a firearm.

According to information, the victims resisted and the armed man pulled the trigger of his firearm but the weapon snapped, giving the victim a chance to save the life of his sister and himself.

Kaieteur News understands that the security guard grabbed his gun and fired a shot at the suspect, killing him on the spot.

The dead bandit was released from prison three weeks ago after serving a jail sentence for a break and enter and larceny.

Crime chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed that the 21-year-old suspect was known to the police.

He said that based on preliminary investigation, Marques attempted to rob an individual, who was in possession of a licensed firearm and in the process, he [Marques] attempted to shoot at the security guard’s sister but the weapon did not go off.

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